Editing Vitaphone (section)

==The Vitaphone Project==
In 1991, The Vitaphone Project was started by a group of five vintage record collectors and movie enthusiasts.<ref name="picking.com/vitaphone">{{cite web |title=Ron Hutchinson's Vitaphone Project |url=http://www.picking.com/vitaphone.html |website=The Vitaphone Project! |access-date=July 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190315081529/http://www.picking.com/vitaphone.html |archive-date=March 15, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=August 2, 2011|title=The Vitaphone Project Turns 20|url=https://leonardmaltin.com/the-vitaphone-project-turns-20/|access-date=February 10, 2021|website=Leonard Maltin's Movie Crazy|language=en-US}}</ref> Since the soundtrack discs and film prints of Vitaphone productions often became separated, The Vitaphone Project searches for original 16-inch soundtrack discs and mute film elements that go with surviving soundtrack discs. The Vitaphone Project borrows or purchases soundtrack discs from private collectors and often works with the restoration labs at the [[University of California at Los Angeles]] to create new 35mm preservation prints that combine the original picture and sound elements. The Vitaphone Project also often partners with the [[Library of Congress]] and the [[British Film Institute]].<ref name="Archive" />

As of December 2016, The Vitaphone Project had located about 6,500 soundtrack discs in private collections and helped preserve 125 films, 12 of which were feature-length films. They have also raised $400,000 in donations, with [[Hugh Hefner]] being a notable donor.<ref name="Archive" />

The Vitaphone Project has been able to help restore films featuring stars such as [[Rose Marie]] and [[Al Jolson]]. They also worked with Warner Brothers to restore 1929's ''[[Why Be Good?]]'', the final silent film made by [[Colleen Moore]].<ref name="Archive" /> Funding raised by The Vitaphone Project was used to restore 1928's ''[[The Beau Brummels (film)|The Beau Brummels]]'', starring vaudeville duo Al Shaw and Sam Lee, which was added to the [[National Film Registry]] in 2016.<ref>{{cite web|title=Shaw & Lee 1928 Vitaphone Short Chosen for 2016 National Film Registry by Library of Congress|url=http://www.picking.com/vitaphone141.html|website=The Vitaphone Project|access-date=December 11, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=2016 additions to the National Film Registry|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/national-film-registry-additions-2016/5/|website=CBS News|date=December 14, 2016 |access-date=December 11, 2017}}</ref>